{"id":61889,"date":"2016-10-20T17:28:50","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T17:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uacrisis.org\/?p=48324"},"modified":"2016-12-28T13:01:16","modified_gmt":"2016-12-28T11:01:16","slug":"48324-tsentr-dopomogy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/48324-tsentr-dopomogy","title":{"rendered":"German-Ukrainian center for humanitarian aid launched in Ivano-Frankivsk region"},"content":{"rendered":"

WATCH IN ENGLISH<\/a><\/p>\n

A family in Transcarpathian region offers German aid to the former soldiers and other socially vulnerable groups and shares experience of positive cooperation with local businesses and authorities.<\/em><\/p>\n

Kyiv, October 20, 2016.<\/strong> <\/em>A civic-run center for humanitarian assistance started its work in Ivano-Frankivsk region on October 14. \u201cThe center provides assistance not only to families of ATO veterans [soldiers who have fought in the East Ukraine – UCMC] but also to low-income families, disabled etc. These socially vulnerable groups now lack attention from the state. It is fully understandable, as the war is ongoing,\u201d said Kurt Simmchen, head of the German NGO \u201cUkraine is Europe\u201d speaking via Skype at Ukraine Crisis Media Center (UCMC) in the framework of UCMC\u2019s project \u201cSpokesperson of peaceful life\u201d implemented under support of the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the German Federal Republic. The center was opened on the Defender of Ukraine Day that is also the day of Pokrova religious holiday.<\/p>\n

Simmchen family, Kurt and Myroslava, have been living in Tysmenytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk region, for 12 years now. Almost all this time they have been assisting orphanages and families with many kids. The Simmchen family was actively helping out since Euromaidan. After the war in the east started they began to collect humanitarian aid in Federal state of Germany, Saxony, and transport it to Ukraine. \u201cWe decided to help, someday each of us will face the question: what have you done in your life and what have you not while you were able to,\u201d explained his motivation Kurt Simmchen. In addition to this, the Simmchens are trying to distribute the information about the actual situation in Ukraine<\/a> among their fellow countrymen. They have organized two flashmobs \u201cEaster trips for Ukraine\u2019s freedom and Unity and peace across Europe<\/a>\u201d. \u201cTo me this is not just an anti-terroristic operation (ATO) but a war, a real war,\u201d he emphasized. \u201cUkrainian volunteers and regular military who constrain the Russian aggression stand there for the peace in the whole Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Work based on the \u201cshop-without-money\u201d principle<\/strong><\/p>\n

People in need will get invitations (or vouchers). When activists confirm that a person needs assistance, she\/he is invited to the center where she\/he can choose whatever she\/he likes according to her needs, said Myroslava Simmchen. The beneficiaries had this idea as they were passing previous consignments of aid. \u201cWe noticed quite a number of times that sometimes when we offered something to a people did not really like. While something different would probably fit them best,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n

Help from the local community and authorities<\/strong><\/p>\n

Premises for the center were provided free of charge by local entrepreneurs, Myroslava and Oleh, whose surnames are not revealed. \u201cThey used to have a shop there but a part of it was empty, so they gave us that space,\u201d noted Myroslava Simmchen. Local authorities of Tysmenytsia also helped. \u201cWe required a shop sign and advertising signage, they helped us with all that. [\u2026] They have also committed themselves to paying our electricity bills and promised us to budget next year the money for village visits to check the recipients of assistance,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

First cooperation experience<\/p>\n

Union of ATO veterans in Tysmenytsia and Pyrohov first volunteer field hospital help facilitate the work of the center. Simmchens were passing the individual targeted assistance to the ATO zone through them. \u201cVasyl Oleksyuk from the Pyrohov first volunteer field hospital has a task of visiting the people who have applied for assistance and check whether they actually need it, as there are sometimes the cases of abuse. Lists of ATO veterans are provided to us by the head of the local union of ATO veterans. For the two of us it would have been unreal to do all this work, that\u2019s why this cooperation is very important,\u201d noted Myroslava Simmchen.<\/p>\n

Essentials for the donors<\/strong><\/p>\n

The activists are not making a count of the assistance provided, they just report on its transfer with photos. According to Kurt Simmchen over the past two years he personally brought into Ukraine at least 15 consignments of aid. \u201cTo me each small thing is important, because each one who is now supporting Ukraine, is on the peace side, on the side of the progress,\u201d he noted. Thus, photo reports even without additional figures are representative of the scales of Simmchens\u2019 work over the past two and a half years. Most expensive gift from Germany if not take into account medical equipment and medicine has become the hydraulic pump for a fire fighting vehicle from the city council of Radeberg<\/a>. It is being widely used all across the region.<\/p>\n

Myroslava Simmchen noted that there are many people ready to help. It is important for them to understand that the process is really transparent. \u201cPeople see that assistance is getting in the right hands and that\u2019s why they trust us,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Since the war in Ukraine started Germany has been constantly supplying humanitarian aid to the affected residents of Donetsk and Luhansk regions. In 2015 Germany\u2019s support to humanitarian assistance in Ukraine amounted to EUR 4,5 million. German volunteers and activists have been also helping the people of Ukraine since Euromaidan times, their contribution is of no less importance. German non-governmental organization \u201cUkraine is Europe\u201d is one of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WATCH IN ENGLISH A family in Transcarpathian region offers German aid to the former soldiers and other socially vulnerable groups and shares experience of positive cooperation with local businesses and authorities. Kyiv, October 20, 2016. A civic-run center for humanitarian assistance started its work in Ivano-Frankivsk region on October 14. \u201cThe center provides assistance not […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":61890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":[],"categories":[705],"tags":[817],"section":[648],"form":[31956],"yoast_head":"\nGerman-Ukrainian center for humanitarian aid launched in Ivano-Frankivsk region | UACRISIS.ORG<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B3dlTkvnD1Y WATCH IN ENGLISH A family in Transcarpathian region offers German aid to the former soldiers and other | Uacrisis.org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/48324-tsentr-dopomogy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"German-Ukrainian center for humanitarian aid launched in Ivano-Frankivsk region | UACRISIS.ORG\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B3dlTkvnD1Y WATCH IN ENGLISH A family in Transcarpathian region offers German aid to the former soldiers and other | Uacrisis.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/48324-tsentr-dopomogy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uacrisis.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uacrisis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-10-20T17:28:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-12-28T11:01:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30333305042_82279d3ea5_z.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"427\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@uacrisis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@uacrisis\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"\u041c\u0430\u0440\u0456\u044f \u0404\u043c\u0435\u0446\u044c\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"German-Ukrainian center for humanitarian aid launched in Ivano-Frankivsk region | UACRISIS.ORG","description":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B3dlTkvnD1Y WATCH IN ENGLISH A family in Transcarpathian region offers German aid to the former soldiers and other | Uacrisis.org","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/48324-tsentr-dopomogy","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"German-Ukrainian center for humanitarian aid launched in Ivano-Frankivsk region | UACRISIS.ORG","og_description":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B3dlTkvnD1Y WATCH IN ENGLISH A family in Transcarpathian region offers German aid to the former soldiers and other | Uacrisis.org","og_url":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/48324-tsentr-dopomogy","og_site_name":"Uacrisis.org","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uacrisis\/","article_published_time":"2016-10-20T17:28:50+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-12-28T11:01:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":427,"url":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30333305042_82279d3ea5_z.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@uacrisis","twitter_site":"@uacrisis","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"\u041c\u0430\u0440\u0456\u044f \u0404\u043c\u0435\u0446\u044c","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#organization","name":"Ukraine crisis media center","url":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/uacrisis\/","http:\/\/youtube.com\/UACrisisMediaCenter","https:\/\/twitter.com\/uacrisis"],"logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#logo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/header_logo-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/header_logo-1.png","width":250,"height":90,"caption":"Ukraine crisis media center"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#logo"}},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/","name":"Uacrisis.org","description":"Ukraine crisis media center","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/48324-tsentr-dopomogy#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30333305042_82279d3ea5_z.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30333305042_82279d3ea5_z.jpg","width":640,"height":427},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/48324-tsentr-dopomogy#webpage","url":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/48324-tsentr-dopomogy","name":"German-Ukrainian center for humanitarian aid launched in Ivano-Frankivsk region | UACRISIS.ORG","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/48324-tsentr-dopomogy#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2016-10-20T17:28:50+00:00","dateModified":"2016-12-28T11:01:16+00:00","description":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=B3dlTkvnD1Y WATCH IN ENGLISH A family in Transcarpathian region offers German aid to the former soldiers and other | Uacrisis.org","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/48324-tsentr-dopomogy#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/48324-tsentr-dopomogy"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/48324-tsentr-dopomogy#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0413\u043b\u0430\u0432\u043d\u0430\u044f \u0441\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430","item":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"German-Ukrainian center for humanitarian aid launched in Ivano-Frankivsk region"}]},{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/48324-tsentr-dopomogy#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/48324-tsentr-dopomogy#webpage"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/f3f2b1bb1f942ee056df4a1d4f374c4a"},"headline":"German-Ukrainian center for humanitarian aid launched in Ivano-Frankivsk region","datePublished":"2016-10-20T17:28:50+00:00","dateModified":"2016-12-28T11:01:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/48324-tsentr-dopomogy#webpage"},"wordCount":892,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/48324-tsentr-dopomogy#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/30333305042_82279d3ea5_z.jpg","keywords":["\u0440\u0435\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043a \u043c\u0438\u0440\u043d\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0436\u0438\u0442\u0442\u044f"],"articleSection":["Press release"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/48324-tsentr-dopomogy#respond"]}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/uk\/#\/schema\/person\/f3f2b1bb1f942ee056df4a1d4f374c4a","name":"\u041c\u0430\u0440\u0456\u044f \u0404\u043c\u0435\u0446\u044c"}]}},"wps_subtitle":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61889"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61889"},{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=61889"},{"taxonomy":"form","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uacrisis.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/form?post=61889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}